ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS COMPANION

Hundreds of books have been written about Alfred Hitchcock and his movies, but rarely has anyone covered the Hitchcock television series that still remains popular enough to warrant late-night television reruns and commercial DVD releases. Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour have been broadcast over network television far more than Hitchcock’s movies yet very little has been written dealing with the subject of the Hitchcock television series… until now. The best way to describe the book is to quote one book reviewer: “Each of the 441 episodes is covered in a separate entry containing original airdate, complete cast and credits, the text of Hitchcock’s on-camera remarks, a succinct episode synopsis, and the teleplay’s original source material.  Many entried contain what the authors call ‘Trivia, etc.’ – additional behind-the-scenes information or other insights.  The material is excellent, much of it gleaned from the industrious interviews with the show’s longtime pr